He joined the TV Jahn Göppingen at the age of 14 and, according to the customs of the time, worked as a gymnast, lawn athlete, wrestler and weightlifter. But soon his special skills in wrestling became apparent. In many national competitions before and after the First World War , in which he had to spend four years, he took first place. First he wrestled in the middleweight division, later he grew into the heavyweight division. In 1912 he started at the Olympic Games in Stockholm in the Greco-Roman style in the middleweight division . He won there over Anders Andersen, Denmark and lost against the Finns Mikko Holm and Conrad Aberg, which he eliminated after the 3rd round and came in 19th place out of 38 starters in the final score. With the multiple German champion Karl Döppel from Nuremberg , who was considered one of the best heavyweights in Europe around 1920, he fought several exciting fights with different outcomes.
behind Karl Döppel, Nuremberg and in front of Heinrich Bock, Cologne
Explanations
all competitions in Greco-Roman style
OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
Middleweight, weight class at that time up to 75 kg, light heavy weight up to 82.5 kg and heavyweight over 82.5 kg body weight
literature
Athletics magazine, official organ of the German Athletics Sports Association (DASV) from 1981, Frankfurt (Main)
Documentation "Hundred Years of Wrestling in Germany", publisher of the German Wrestling Association, Athletik-Verlag, Karlsruhe, 1992, p. 216, 218 and 220
Documentation of International Wrestling Championships 1896 to 1976, published by Fédération Internationale de Lutte Amateur (FILA), 1976
Web links
Adolf Kurz in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
